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This week's Ford recce, Exmoor/Taunton
I've been plotting the grids of some local fords from wetroads.co.uk onto my google maps and checking them out when nearby. Here are the few I've done so far..
16th Sep 2016 5:25 pm
LT
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16th Sep 2016 5:27 pm
spikekellyrm
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The action photos had to be taken from a video as I realised once I got home that my mate had videoed it all instead of photographed
16th Sep 2016 5:28 pm
Discomadness
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Looks fantastic. I would love to do some of those in my d3. Forded my d1 many times. Last time sadly was in my old berlingo van. It did not like it much.Jarrod
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16th Sep 2016 5:39 pm
jgg326
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Looks like fun - have you got locations for any of those pics? I'm down that way fairly often and wouldn't mind checking them out.John
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28th Nov 2016 11:28 am
spikekellyrm
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They're all on the wetroads site. Exmoor and slightly east of it
28th Nov 2016 1:39 pm
jgg326
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Thanks, I'll take a look at that website as I am not familiar with that one.John
D3 SE Zambezi Silver
29th Nov 2016 8:12 am
nestu
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Great pics
29th Nov 2016 8:16 am
Pelyma
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nice to see a D3 in its original set up and in some good locations MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
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29th Nov 2016 8:23 am
mark the spark
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just blown the pics up and spotted the d4 wheels and grille mod ///// ow well looks good anyway MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
29th Nov 2016 8:25 am
mark the spark
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and the fact its a d4 ...lol i need a coffee MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
29th Nov 2016 8:26 am
spikekellyrm
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Haha it's ok mark. One of those days.
Ah what a shame about the steps, I was planning to go last week and wondered how deep the river would be- too deep it seems!
29th Nov 2016 6:55 pm
Leon
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Done the Tarr steps while stopping at Dulverton, really nice part of the country.
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